Lot 285 , A Staffordshire lead-glazed creamware hexagonal teapot and cover, c.1760-5, h. 14cm, chip to spout

A Staffordshire lead-glazed creamware hexagonal teapot and cover, c.1760-5, of Whieldon type, with rectangular panels of Chinese figures on a fretwork ground, probably from a block-mould by William Greatbatch, cabbage leaf moulded spout and scrolling leaf handle, decorated in green, ochre, grey and brown glazes, the cover with cauliflower knop, h. 14cm, chip to spout
Estimate £400-600

The source of one of the chinoiserie panels is an engraving from Edwards (G) & M Darly, New Book of Chinese Designs, published in 1754, see Edwards (D), The Influence of Salt-Glazed Stoneware on Creamware Design, ECC, Beckenham 2007, pp 147-168 and plt 16.


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Sold for £650